For Carrollton to be successful, the city must be cleaned up; projects in progress must be completed; city and county government must work together; and citizens must develop a sense of pride in the community. There also needs to be a clear, unified vision of what citizens want Carrollton to be, with a plan created and goals set accordingly to achieve it.
These are some of the suggestions given by the roughly 35 people who attended the Thursday, Feb. 28, Carrollton Listening Session held in the Carroll County Middle School cafeteria.

An anonymous tip about a man smoking marijuana at Point Park with children in the vehicle panned out for local police.

Carrollton Police Officer Ron Dickow stopped a vehicle driven by Philip A. Leon, 110 E. Broad Road, Madison, Ind., on Sunday, Feb. 24. Police were told by the anonymous person that Leon had three young children in his truck and that he was smoking marijuana or synthetic marijuana.

Two Carrollton men were flown to University Hospital in Louisville after a single-vehicle incident Tuesday, Feb. 19. One remains in the hospital, while the other has been released.

The incident occurred at 11:54 p.m. on Hwy. 36. The Chrysler van, driven by Mark Fitzgerald, 34, ran off the road and struck an earthen embankment and overturned, according to Kentucky State Police Post 5 Public Information Officer Trooper Brad Arterburn.

The 4-H, FFA and Kentucky Proud Program has a $10 voluntary donation that goes directly to support these vital programs, according to a news release from Kentucky Commissioner of Agriculture James Comer and Carroll County Clerk Alice W. Marsh.

Hello once again my friends. Another month has gone by, the snow and ice are still here and, well, not much seems to have changed. Winter doldrums are in full effect.

On a brighter note, spring is just around the corner. I even noticed my Easter lilies popping up with the last warm spell we had. It is certainly nice to see some green when everything seems so brown and blah.